Blogs & Resources
ACOEL members contribute regularly to the ACOEL Blog, writing on topics of current interest in their respective fields. Recently-published blogs are featured below, or you can search the ACOEL blog archive using the search feature.
Current Blogs
Is Litigation the Solution to Plastic Pollution?
November 17, 2023Posted on November 17, 2023 by Seth Jaffe Earlier this week, New York State Attorney General Letitia James filed suit against PepsiCo. At the core of the case are allegations that PepsiCo.’s widespread use of single-use plastics has created or contributed to a public nuisance in the Buffalo River. ...
I must be missing something… CEQ’s Playbook for EJ Strategic Plans
November 09, 2023Posted on November 9, 2023 by Krista McIntyre On November 3, 2023, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) released a playbook for federal agencies to develop their Environmental Justice Strategic Plans, Strategic Planning to Advance Environmental Justice. This tool provides a ‘how to guide’ for federal agencies...
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MORE CLEAN WATER ACT SUITS ON THE WAY?
July 14, 2009Posted on July 14, 2009 by Fournier J. Gale, III Part II And now for the rest of the story… As reported in this blog in January, the Eleventh Circuit’s recent decision in Black...
KANSAS RENEWABLE ENERGY ACT: UNUSUAL COMPROMISE RESURRECTS COAL PLANT CONSTRUCTION; LIMITS AUTHORITY OF STATE ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY
July 9, 2009Posted on July 9, 2009 by Charles Efflandt With the May 2009 enactment of comprehensive energy legislation, Kansas joined a majority of states establishing renewable and clean energy requirements. Although a...
New Jersey Follows Massachusetts into the World of Licensed Environmental Consultants and Privatized Cleanup Oversight
July 9, 2009Posted on July 9, 2009 by David Farer On May 7, 2009, New Jersey enacted the Site Remediation Reform Act (S.1897/A.2962). SRRA, with its new Licensed Site Remediation Professional (“LSRP”) Program, is...
Tenth Circuit Holds Collateral Source Rule Inapplicable to CERCLA 113 Actions
July 8, 2009Posted on July 8, 2009 by Delmar Ehrich Friedland v. Indus. Co, No. 08-1042, 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 11660 (10th Cir. May 29, 2009). The United States Court of Appeals for the...
Coeur Alaska, Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council et al
June 24, 2009Posted on June 24, 2009 by Theodore Garrett On June 22, 2009, the Supreme Court held 6-3 that the Corps, rather than EPA, has authority to permit the discharge of a rock and...
BIOFUELS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
June 23, 2009Posted on June 23, 2009 by Christopher Davis Biofuels are the subject of much recent interest and investment, as indicated by a recent Wall Street Journal article on biomass fueled power...
Interior Secretary Salazar Demonstrates True Commitment to Renewable Energy
June 15, 2009Posted on June 15, 2009 by Linda Bullen On May 2, 2009, Secretary of the Department of the Interior, Ken Salazar held a public meeting just outside Las Vegas, in the...
National Advanced Conference on Natural Resource Damages Litigation
June 11, 2009Posted on June 11, 2009 by Rachael Bunday Dear Friends: On behalf of Richard Curley (Golden, CO) and myself, I am writing to extend a personal invitation to attend the July 9 &...
Derivatives Trading in Climate Change Legislation
June 2, 2009Posted on June 2, 2009 by Stephen M. Bruckner ACES & Eights? Swaps and Other Derivatives in Climate Change Legislation By Stephen M. Bruckner On May 21, 2009, the House Energy...
ACOEL PRESS RELEASES
ACOEL ANNOUNCES NEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS & REGENTS
October 17, 2023October 17, 2023For Immediate ReleaseContact: admin@acoel.org (Washington, DC): The American College of Environmental Lawyers (ACOEL) is proud to announce...
ACOEL Announces Newly-Elected Fellows for 2023
July 27, 2023July 27, 2023For Immediate ReleaseContact: admin@acoel.org (Washington, DC): The American College of Environmental Lawyers (ACOEL) is proud to welcome...